Local RCMP determined Thursday that the claim a 14-year-old boy made about
fending off a young bear with his pocket knife – and injuring the animal in the
process – was false.

“It was a combination of things that lead us to this discovery,” RCMP Sgt.
Kevin Murray said. “We discovered, in consultation with conservation officers,
that some of the information was not credible.”

Murray explained that the boy’s original story just didn’t add up.

He said the teen claimed he was out running late Wednesday afternoon when he
was attacked by a young bear. The teen claimed he managed to fight off the bear
and sustained only minor injuries.

However, Murray said the knife was found only a short while later completely
clean and dry, leading the RCMP to suspect this part of the story was not true.